WE are almost inclined to think' that the various Governments of this country have as a rule, made efforts to please the people in much the same way in which parents endeavour. to please their children-by means of harmless delusions. "Bo peep," if well played, is very effective in infancy. But there are political " Bo peeps," as well as social and domestic ones, and a district, or even a country, if properly managed, can be beguiled or deluded as completely as a child may be. There can be no doubt that the people of Beechworth, Murchison, Rushworth; and Whroo have been led to believe that a line of railway will shortly connect those places with the Melbourne and Murray line, at Runnymede. , The belief is grounded on the fact that the line is being surveyed from Beechworth to Runnymede. We do not know whether this harmless little bit of pleasant humbug is intended to make things pleasant at Beechworth or no, but it appears to us that such is the case. But the idea is ridiculous Peopl...

POST OFFICE" EREULArIONS FORN TIIr ISSUE AND PAYMENT OF Post OFFICa MIONEY ORDERS. His Excellency the Governor, wth the advice of.the,Executive Council, has been pleased. "to. di rect thh publication of the following Regulations for the issue.and. payment of post oLfce money orders in the Colony of Victoria; and tbhe piblic are hereby informed that in conformity with these regulations, money orders may be obtained and be made payable at -the undermentioned places, ona and atter the lstJuly, 1858: 1. Places and times of isssue and payment. Money orders may biobtained and be made pay able at the follow ng places, viz.: The Post. Ofice at Melbourne Ditto Geelong Ditto Ballaarat Ditto Sandhurst Ditto Castlemaine Ditto Beechworth Ditt_ K-ilmore Ditto Maryborough Ditto Ararat Ditto Pleasant Creek Ditto Williamstown Ditto Portland Ditto . Belfast Ditta- Warnminbool between tne nours of Ten a.m. and Three p.m. daily-Sundays eo'epted. ' 2. timit of amount, and number to be issued or paid : M...

Y. R. ENGLISH MAIL, The Boyal M iU Steam Ship NorrP.asa, will be despatched ui:h the Haila for K1 g George's Sound, Point de Galle, India, China, the Mcdi terracean Ports. Europe, America, and the United Ingdom, on Mondar, 26rh inst. The time spp'intd for cloeing atthis Ofice i For Begisterad Lctter,-l.30 p.m., on Friday, 23rd instant. For Newsp3pers for the United Kingkom, Brit~sh Coloni.s, and Foreign Countries, ?ia Southaampton, asrdfr all tie intermediate Prs.- 1.30 F.m., 23rd itastant. For Ordinary L-tters ftr the U.itel Kinjdom, British Co onies ard FPreign Countries, rie Southampton and vi~ Marseilles, and for all the intermeliate P.rt-1.,30 p.m., 24th. ins ant. For Newspapers vzia Marseills~-,30 pm. 24th instant. Money Orders for the Uited irgdclam, before 1 p.m., 24th instant. It is suggested that all letters iLtnded-for transmission by the Riysl M1ail Cortrat Stramers shou'd be secured with Gum or Wafers, tie use of sealing-wax having been found to cause dely in separating...

POST OFFICE RCEnmoUrs os roB TnE IssTE AND PAYMENT O? POST Owrrcn MONEY OssnCns. His Excellency the Governor, w'th the advice of the Executirve Council, has been pleased to di rect thh publication of the following Regulations for the issue and payment of post ofice money orders in the Colony of Victoria; and the public are hereby informed that in conformity with these regulatiors, money orders may be obtained and be made payable at the undermentioned places, on and after the Ist July, I85S: 1. Places and times of isssue and payment. Money orders may be obtained and be made pay ab!e at the follow ng places, viz.: The Post Office at Melbourne Ditto Geelong Ditto Ballaarst Ditto Sandhurst Ditto Castlemaine Ditto Beechworth Ditto Kilmore Ditto- Maryborougk . Ditto Ararat Ditto Pleasant Creek Ditto Williamstown? Ditto Portland S Ditto Belfast Dito Warnambool' between tne hours of Ten a.m. and.Three p.m. daily-Sundays ecoepted. 2. Limit of amount, and number to be issued or paid: Money or...

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. REGULATIONS AXiND CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH TELEGRAPHIC MESSAGES ARE AUTIOBISED TO BE TRAMI5TTED t VICTORIA. 1. To lessen as much as possible any liability to earorin the transmission of Messages from defec tive manuscript, it is desirable that the use of Figures should be avoided, and that words at length be substituted; and the publie, in using the lectrie Telegraph, are requested to be particular in giving a full and correct address to esery lfes sage, so that the least possible delay in delivery may occur. 2. ?lessages will be transmitted in the order of their reception, and no precedence will be allowed, except for spec al despatches on the service of the Government, the arrest of criminals, and in cases of pressing emergency, sickness, or death. 3. All Messages will be held strictly confidentiaL 4. Payment of Charges in advance will be re quired, exceptfor Replies to Interrogatory Mies sages on which the sender may have written the words '' Reply will be paid ...

EXATHCOTE HOSPITAL. WEEKLY RBEPOBr. Thursday, September 22, 1884., Kumber of patienta ................. 8 Received during the week......... 1 Discharged relievd cr cured........ . Diach'aarged incurable .. ..... .. O Died ............... ........... O Out Patients ................ ....... 5 Gorresponding week last sear: Indoor .......................... .. 13 Outdoor ................................ 4 As a proof of the wonderful command Mfr. Roberts, the champion billiard player, exercises over the balls, the Talbot Leader mentions a circumstance that occurred at Mfaryborongh last Friday evening, after he had played a match of 1000 up with his agent, 3Mr. Norcliffe. A gentleman who was present, and who is justly con sidered an excellent cannon player, offered to play MIr. Roberts a canuon match of sixty up for £82, piovided that Mr. Roberts woruld give him twenty points. Mr. Roberts courteously accepted the challenge, and commhenced the game by giving a miss into balk. The amateur f...

H. R. WAY, A UCTIONE E R, Appraiser, and General Commission Agent, RUSHWORTH. 73 te TEETH! E~XTRacTED, Scalea, and Stoppe~d, by _Z . E. Chapman, Dentist, at Hall&amp; James', High Street, Heathcote. 71 83 GARDENERS' AŽD FARMERS' CAIJENDER. SEPTE~BER. [September in Australia corresponds to March in Great Britain.] KTrrCHEN GARDEN.-If Our suggestions have been carried oat, there will be but few crops to put in this month. Asparagus will be-now in perfection. In cutting, be careful not to injure the neighbour.iR buds. Broad Beans.--A few more seeds may be sown for a succession. Pinch off the tops as they stars flowering. Kildney Beans.-If this month be warm, a few seeds of early Dun may be tried, and White Prolific. Carrots.-Sow main Crops of all sorts. Ouions may still be sown with advantage. Turnmps.-Sow moderately. Parsnias.-Sow largely. Ia.s.--Sow and plant.out. Potatoes.-The main crop should be at. once planted. 'The kinds should be Ash Leaf, Kidney, Silver Skins, Early Frame ...

TEBIGIVESATio.i in a newspaper is sure to produce one of two effects if well followed Sup. It will either put an end to its ex s istence or compel its proprietors to change its name, and make a fresh start. Already have two out of the three principal Mel bourne Weeklies found it necessary to re sort to the latter alternative. The public z will always mark their appreciation of a "fast and loose" style of journalism by withdrawing their support, till the diminu tion of the circulation, and consequent fall ing off in the returns, points out the fallacy of continuing the publication. When the Weekly Herald was reduced to the price of old rags it was still found to be unsaleable, and it gave way to the Dispatch, as if by some strange interposition of fate; but of course it would never do to let the people know that they take in the ghost of the Herald. And now we are to have another literary Inxry, in the shape of the Austra asian which is about to make its delb in a more open and candi...

THE BUSHRANGER MORGAN. The following more detailed accounts of the shooting of Sergeant Smyth by Morgan is from a Gundagai paper':-A party of police, consisting of Senior Sergeant Smyth, Senior Constable Baxter, Constables Con nor, and iaguire, and a blackfellow named Jimmy Reed, were camped on Sunday night at Dougal's Swamp, near Keighran's station. They had just got ten, and were lying in the tent yarning, as is usually done by persons cainped out. They had no sentry on guard-that duty being delayed until they "turned in" for the night. Sud denly their discourse was cut short by a volley being fred into the tent amongst them. Sergeant Smyth immediately jum ped to his feet, calling on his men to follow him-he firing two shots in the direction he fancied the volley came from. The men who rushed out of the tent immediately after him, scoured the bush in every direc tion, as well as the darkness would allow them, but failed to find any traces of the ruffians; but, from the tracks disc...